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Child maltreatment and the developing HPA axis

Tarullo, Amanda R., Gunnar, Megan R.·2006·Hormones and Behavior

Abstract

The developing HPA axis is under strong social regulation in infancy and early childhood and is vulnerable to perturbation in the absence of sensitive, responsive caregiving. Child maltreatment has complex, long-term influences both on basal cortisol levels and on HPA responsivity to pharmacological and psychological stressors, depending on current psychiatric status, current life adversity, age, and most likely, genetic factors. Among the more consistent findings, maltreated children with internalizing problems have elevated basal cortisol most often detected in early AM concentrations, whereas adults maltreated as children often exhibit low basal cortisol levels and elevated ACTH response to psychological stressors. To disentangle these complicated interactions, future research must take the above qualifiers into account, study the transition to puberty, explore the moderating role of candidate genes, and utilize animal models and pharmacological challenges, when ethical, to localize changes in the HPA axis. Post-institutionalized children may provide a model to separate early adverse care histories from current adversity.

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Authors
Tarullo, A. R., & Gunnar, M. R.
Affiliations
University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author
Gunnar, Megan R.
Venue
Hormones and Behavior
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-11
Volume
50
Issue
4
Pages
632-639
ISSN
0018-506X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2106097361
Cited by
737
References
14
Citations by year
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FWCI
23.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Hormones and Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (K05MH066208, K-05 MH66208)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
Keywords
child abuse, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, cortisol, basal cortisol, sensitive caregiving, internalizing problems, childhood adversity, puberty, candidate genes, animal models
MeSH terms
Animals, Child Abuse, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Infant, Pituitary-Adrenal System, Models, Animal

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